Author Comment: Vignette base was made from the sheet styrene. Figure by Andrea Miniatures was painted with acrylics and oils. Name of vignette was inspired by the Robert E. Howard's "Kull of Atlantis" serie.

Author Comment: Figure of Picene (Sabine) warrior by Tartar Miniatures, sculpted by Oleg Pogosyan. Kit contains two heads, two shields, two right hands, and allows to built two variants - Picene and Greek-Italic warriors of this era. Figure was painted with acrylics.

Author Comment: Oleg of Novgorod (or Oleg the Prophet), great knyaz (prince) of Rus in early 10th century. He moved the capital of Rus from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, he laid the foundation of the powerful state of Kievan Rus. Figure by Bulat, painted with Homa and Zvezda acrylics.

Calatrava is the Arabic name of a castle recovered from the Moslems, in 1147, by the King of Castile, Alfonso VII, called el Emperador. Located in what was then the southernmost border of Castile, this conquest was more difficult to keep than to make, especially at a time with neither standing armies nor garrisons were known. In part to correct this deficiency, the military orders such as Knights Templars were founded, where men could fulfill a vow of perpetual war against the Muslim. The Templars, however, were unable to hold Calatrava, and the king found further volunteer warriors when Raymond, Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Fitero offered himself. This step is said to have been suggested to the abbot by Diego Velázquez, a simple monk, but one who had been a knight, was well acquainted with military matters, and was inspired with the idea of employing the lay brothers of the abbey to defend Calatrava. These Cistercian lay brothers--at that time a recent innovation in religious life--not being in Holy orders, were variously employed in manual trades such as those of tending herds, construction, farm labor, or husbandry. Diego recommended that they become soldiers of the Cross. Thus a new order was created in 1157.

This figure by E.K. Castings depicts the knight from this military order holding the order's banner. The helm raises some concerns, as I haven't found any description of such slits reading the literature before.
The figure was painted with enamels out of the box. Scratchbuilt groundwork. Ground and stones are made from ground brick, grass - from paintbrush.

Cuchulain, Irish mythological hero from the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore.

He gained his better-known name as a child after he killed Culann's fierce guard-dog in self-defense, and offered to take its place until a replacement could be reared. At the age of seventeen he defended Ulster single-handedly against the armies of queen Medb of Connacht in the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge ("Cattle Raid of Cooley"). It was prophesied that his great deeds would give him everlasting fame, but that his life would be short – one reason he is compared to the Greek hero Achilles. He is known for his terrifying battle frenzy or ríastrad (similar to a berzerker's frenzy, though sometimes called a "warp spasm" because of the physical changes that take place in the warrior), in which he becomes an unrecognizable monster who knows neither friend nor foe. In more modern times, Cú Chulainn is often referred to as the "Hound of Ulster".

The white metal figure was produced by Ukrainian company Bulat and painted by me with enamels.